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It shouldn’t surprise us that the diplomatic and economic blockade of Qatar tops international coverage of Omm El Donia again this morning. Most of it is a rehashing of what we noted yesterday. The siege on Qatar will have the opposite effect, driving it further in the arms of Iran, writes Ladane Nasseri for Bloomberg. […]
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Posted inEGYPT IN THE NEWS
BBC Business Daily reviews tourism in Egypt
The BBC World Service’s Ed Butler was in Egypt and focused on terrorism’s impact on tourism globally in yesterday’s episode of the Business Daily radio show. Tourism to “this beautiful cradle of ancient civilization” decline by close to 40% since 2011, Butler notes. He says “now, it’s pretty much a buyer’s market” (runtime 17:29).
Posted inEGYPT IN THE NEWS
Other international coverage
Other coverage in international media worth noting in brief: Gulf News looks at Egypt’s fight against cheating and its early successes in this year’s Thanaweya Amma exams. A hospital in Egypt turned off a British man's life support without warningand are refusing to release his body and send it home until his family pays a […]
Posted inOn Deadline
The rift with Qatar is with its government, not its people
Some columnists want us to take a breather from all the Qatar-hate, urging a little restraint. Egypt may have severed its diplomatic ties with the Qatari government, but this decision should not apply to the Qatari people, Al Masry Al Youm’s Hamdy Rizk and Mohamed Amin write in separate pieces. There are many Egyptians living […]
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Egypt can be key to resolving Libyan conflict if it’s ready to make compromises
Egypt can be a key player in defusing the conflict in Libya if it’s ready to make some realcompromises, Adel Abdel Ghafar and Mattia Toaldo suggest in a piece for the European Council on Foreign Relations. “Egyptian diplomacy has gained momentum and is now seen in many Western capitals as the key to a new […]
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The Citizen’s Right to Know, Essam El Hadary
Our friends at Tarek Nour Group have launched a national awareness campaign called “The Citizen’s Right to Know” to ask hard questions and tackle issues surrounding national unity. The campaign is not the usual Ramadan marketing fluff: It goes deep by asking the difficult question of what we, as Egyptians, want to see when we […]
Posted inDiplomacy + Foreign Trade
FM Shoukry discusses Libya with Algerian PM Abdelmadjid Tebboune
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmadjid Tebboune met in Algiers to discuss the situation in Libya, according to a Foreign Ministry statement.
Posted inEnergy
MIDOR increase refining capacity by 109% y-o-y in 1Q2017
Middle East Oil Refinery (MIDOR) raised its refining capacity by 109% y-o-y in 1Q2017 to 3.9 mn bbl of refined crude, a source tells Al Shorouk. The increase is fueled by the USD 20 mn spent on the first phase of its expansion plan, which started in January. MIDOR targets bringing its refining capacity up […]
Posted inBasic Materials + Commodities
Egypt urges the UAE to issue warning before banning agricultural imports
Egypt wants the UAE to take the standard procedures by issuing warnings before banning the entry of Egyptian agricultural products, Al Mal reports. The request follows a visit by an Agriculture Ministry delegation to the UAE recently to discuss control procedures on Egyptian imports by the UAE, Union of Producers And Exporters Of Horticultural Crops […]
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Egyptian Sugar and Integrated Industries Company issues raw sugar tender
The Egyptian Sugar and Integrated Industries Company issued a tender for at least 100k tonnes of raw sugar, according to a report from Agribusiness Intelligence’s F.O. Licht (paywall).